About Valmont Industries, Inc. Common Stock
Valmont Industries, Inc. is a large, publicly held American manufacturer of Valley center pivot and linear irrigation equipment, windmill support structures, lighting and traffic poles and steel utility poles. Their corporate office is in Omaha, Nebraska. Their plant and irrigation department is in Valley, Nebraska. Valmont has many worldwide locations including Europe, China and India. The company was founded by Robert B. Daugherty. In 1966, the Valley Manufacturing Company became Valmont Industries, named after the two neighboring towns of Valley and Fremont.